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Greetings,

     I heard Firestorm makes them. Not entirely sure though. Buy a couple and cast hundreds of them. It's probably not too ethical to copy someones hard work but, then again I dont think its ethical to charge 15$ for a couple of grams of plastic. Good luck!

SST

Yeah, and those of us inspired by Rudi's SADF thread to tackle the Rhodesian conflicts need them, too!!

Wow! Thanks AgentG! I always assumed it was far more expensive and time consuming/difficult! Looks like all I need is some RTV rubber though and something to cast with.  Someone should bookmark this thread or something simlar so everyone know how to cast stuff.

EDIT-- How do you do the actual casting?  I've heard resin melts at MCH lower temperatures--how much is casting resin, how easy is it to melt? How lnog before it solidifies? etc....thanks!

Yes.  The R4 is a SADF copy of the Israeli Galil, which in turn is modeled off of the AK-47.  The R5 is the upgraded version of the R4.  The R1 is a copy of the FN FAL.  Certain units also used G3's and AK's.  South Africa used what it could get it's hands on.  Like Rhodesia, they were under an Arms embargo.  Stuff still managed to get through though.  Rhodesia towards the end even managed to get some M-16's, but those went to their Spec Forces.  Uzi's, Swedish K's, Enfield's, you name it, it has probably been used by the people in the Southern Parts of Africa.

Note: The R4/5 is made in South Africa, under liscence from Israel.  The R1 is also made in S.A. 

Both, actually.  Looks like the Brit (and thus Rhodesian and SA) style is a much smaller brim than the Americans and Bundeswehr use.  The narrow brim - in the pics I've seen - tends to flop downward a lot more than the wider "American" style, giving you a much more "bucket" look.

Figured out how to do the patrol caps yet?    Those are likely to be a bugger!  My bud from the SADF has one that was an issue cap in Rhodesian camo - he called it some sort of police camo, tho.  Said *no one* *ever* wore the neck-flap unrolled!  It just was not "cool" to do so.  My guess on a place to start isgoing to be a German M43 cap w/ a reworked/reshaped bill and crest.

Then you figure in that the SADF had its own webbing made, eventually.  Far as I can tell, there's no one else that ever used it, either.  I'm trying to figure out how to best replicate it - and am fortunate enough to have a real piece of it in my collection.

Hey, between Rudi's SADF, Ian's Somali Technical, and my Rhodesian projects, we need to work out a "Brushfire Wars" group-build!

Outlands wrote:

Then you figure in that the SADF had its own webbing made, eventually.  Far as I can tell, there's no one else that ever used it, either.  I'm trying to figure out how to best replicate it - and am fortunate enough to have a real piece of it in my collection.   Hey, between Rudi's SADF, Ian's Somali Technical, and my Rhodesian projects, we need to work out a "Brushfire Wars" group-build!

Oh Hell YEah! \m/ I'm down for that!

I'm having no luck searching for the SADF combat web gear. Could you point me in the right directon for some good pics of the stuff? I am interested in maybe trying to replicate some of it in 1/35.

SST

I'll have to do some more research as well before I jump in. Maybe I can do something on the cheap. A figure and small base perhaps?

I vote Rudi should head it up since he seems to have the most expertise in this area.

SST

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=SADF  Here is some for the SADF.

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Rhodesia  Here is for Rhodesia.

Look around on there, and you will find a lot of stuff, on these subjects.  Under SADF watch the last domino.  All 5 parts.  It is very good.

It sounds like an excellent group build.  Good luck with it!  Few years ago, I met a guy who used to work for a company called Executives Outcome and he spent quite some time in Africa working as an operative.  Very interesting gentleman and learned a lot from him. 

You know I'm in.  Too many ideas yet to own up to what I'm going to build just yet, tho.  Since most of my projects tend to come from pics I see, the more research I do, the more projects will suggest themselves to me!  Odds are, I'll be doing a Rhodesian SAS dio from an article - they are in RENAMO fatigues carrying combloc weapons, blowing up a fuel-farm in Mozambique, after being hauled in on SA naval vessels.  Then of course there's the straight RLI foot-patrol in the bush and the converted Universal Carrier doing convoy guard-duty...

Let's work on securing a good base of research info before we really nail down anything on the GB.  That way, we can catch more people, as they start looking at the info we accumulate and they say, "Wow - I like that (whatever is in the pic)!  Lemme sign on for that before someone else does!"  Also prolly need a decent run-time to account for the extra research and locating and obtaining (or making) kits/items that are obscenely rare, obscure, or unusual.

SSt (et al), here's apic of one pattern of webgear

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=321484

I have the belt from this kit - wish I'd managed to snag an entire set, dangit.  There's a Dragon set of WWII Brit guys who are carrying shoulder bags very much like this one, too.  I've got some ideas for the rest of it that I need to try out, too.

replying to myself again?

http://members.tripod.com/selousscouts/EQUIPMENT.htm

Rhodesian web-gear layouts.  Good site overall - poke around on there.